NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Garrison, Kasey L.; FitzGerald, Lee; Sheerman, Alinda – School Library Research, 2018
Guided Inquiry (GI) is an emerging pedagogy based on the Information Search Process (ISP), a research-based information-literacy model identified by Carol C. Kuhlthau (1985, 1988a, 1988b, 1988c, 1989b) and operationalized by the Guided Inquiry Design (GID) process (Kuhlthau, Maniotes, and Caspari 2007, 2012, 2015). This study investigated…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Grade 9
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bate, Frank; MacNish, Jean; Males, Steven – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
This paper discusses gaming in a Western Australian school for boys. The overriding ethos of the school is supportive of the potential of ICT to better engage students and deliver enhanced educational outcomes. The school sees game-based design as at the vanguard of innovation, but also accepts its important duty of care responsibilities. Tensions…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Single Sex Schools, Males
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lane, Rod; Coutts, Pamela – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
While Shulman argues that an important component of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is teachers' understanding of the alternative conceptions commonly held by students, relatively little is known about what students believe about many topics in the school curriculum. This paper focuses on a content area typically featured in Geography…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Geography Instruction, Natural Disasters, Weather
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tomas, Louisa; Ritchie, Stephen M.; Tones, Megan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
The development of scientifically literate citizens remains an important priority of science education; however, growing evidence of students' disenchantment with school science continues to challenge the realization of this aim. This triangulation mixed methods study investigated the learning experiences of 152 9th grade students as they…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Science Education, Role of Education, Evidence